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Quote by George Eliot
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. -

Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. – George Eliot

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In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot

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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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Beauty opened all the doors it got me things I didnt even know I wanted, and things I certainly didnt deserve. – Janice Dickinson

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I was amazed and upset by the looks I got just walking around the studio… It illuminates the ugliness and the beauty that exists within each of us, and thats what this story represents to me. – Gerard Butler

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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. – Christina Rossetti

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Beauty is not just physical. – Halle Berry

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Mediocre men work at their best men seeking excellence strive to do better. – Edwin Louis Cole

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The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle. – Heinrich Heine

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